A Taste of Italy: pizza in Rome

By Alexandra Redisch, eating pizza in Rome

Hi everyone! Alex (the oldest daughter) here. In my humble opinion, one of the things lacking on this blog is food. Everyone loves food! Everyone likes to look at pictures of food. And everyone likes to read about food. Am I right or am I right?

This post is the first in A Taste of Italy, a series of Italian restaurant reviews, done over the course of my stay in Rome and Umbria for the TBU conference in April 2012.

First up is a small restaurant called Napoletano’s Italian style pizza and steakhouse New York City at Piazza della Rotonda. Apart from the unsuitable name – it’s neither reminicent of a steakhouse nor of NYC – this little place is quintessentially Italian. And you get a great view of the Pantheon (pictured above) while you eat.

The lunch menu, which is served until 7 pm (it seems you can’t have dinner before 8 pm in Italy), starts with a bruschetta topped with fresh pomodoro and ruccola. A choice of pasta or pizza as a main, and a drink (soft drinks, water or wine) sets you back 12 euros. Not too bad!

Margherita – the simple pizza

I chose the pizza margherita with a glass of red wine, as I always do when I have Italian pizza. A native Roman friend of mine told me that the best way to judge a restaurant in Italy is to have the margherita, as it’s so simple. Apparently, if you have lots of toppings on your pizza you can’t really taste it, whereas with a simple margherita you will know at once if this is good or bad pizza. This was definitely a good pizza.

The service was great, the price was unbeatable and the food heavenly. Add an amazing location and season with a couple of street musicians playing cheesy love songs – what’s not to like about this place?

Right on all counts. I do love to look at pictures of food, and I LOVE Italian food! Pizza’s are the best for a zippy meal.. of course using the freshest local ingredients help – just can’t get enough;)ciki recently posted..Going to Visit the Great Barrier Reef, with ProBlogger!

Always margherita. One of the best pizzas I’ve had was in Rome from a takeaway. Buy a big rectangular slice, they fold it in half like a calzone, give you a paper napkin and you eat it walking down the street. A nice glass of chianti would be good, though!Alex Jones recently posted..Natural World Safaris & the Kianjavato Lemur Project

After reading this article, I suddenly wanted to get myself a Margherita! I also love Margherita, it doesn’t fill you up with so much guilt of eating pizza when you’re on a cheat day on your diet because of the lack of all the meaty stuff.Elena Anne recently posted..Headaches and Exercise: Causes and Treatments

I just love pizzas and pastas, and I know the best ones come from Italy. Margherita pizza is always my best bet. For sure there is no going back once you’ve tried a real Italian pizza, no other pizza will do a better job of stimulating your taste buds.

We were in Rome recently and just had to go for a pizza option. As we live in Turkey and struggle to get hold of pork, we immediately chose a parma ham topping. Sooo good. Not as cheap as the one you found though.
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